Hurricane Milton: Understanding storm surge projections for Tampa Bay area
Granted, Hurricane Ike, that Mills described, was 20 feet of storm surge that went in 25 miles. A hurricane that hit Tampa in 1848 did bring 15 feet of storm surge and all of downtown had water. The storm is forecast to make landfall in Florida Wednesday night as a "dangerous major hurricane," according to the National Hurricane Center.
Because of the way storm surge can quickly inundate coastal locations and penetrate well inland, it’s typically one of the ...
Hurricane Milton, which re-strengthened to a Category 5 hurricane Tuesday afternoon, is taking aim at Florida.
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Milton’s storm surge is a threat that could be devastating far beyond the Tampa Bay region(Chris Urso/Tampa Bay Times via AP) Piles of debris line the sidewalks of Punta Gorda’s historic neighborhood damaged by ...
Shelters were open in all 67 Florida counties, and authorities urged residents of evacuation zones not to attempt to ride out ...
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